Poor quality photos on iPhone 14 pro max

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same Problem here brother. Mine gets terrible moon shots and half the time the phone if so dang buggy I can’t even use it!! It’s updated to iOS 16.5.1 as of 7/9/23Will return/sell ASAP

This picture was taken in a clear environment btw

I’ve had this iPhone 14 Pro Max for just over a year and Apple denies there’s a problem and refuses to fix it. Says the camera is good. What good is a terrific zooming, high resolution low light camera if you can’t depend on it to focus 1/2 the time!!?!?! How can we get this resolved?

same everything … just wouldn’t focus half the time:

Simply refused to focus at all:

great when it does focus:

Same. Trying to take a picture of my Christmas tree. It looks like absolute garbage.

The problem seems fixed 90% in the iphone 15. I have the Plus one and the camera is ok, still below S23 Ultra , but not that bad like it was with the 13 and 14 series. I'll keep this one for now, hopefully Apple won't mess up the AI processing... even now I can't understand how come their "camera expert lead engineer" can say the 13 and 14 series take decent photos. The only possible explanation is that they know very well, but didn't bother to fix it for these models but instead did it for the new 15 series...quite pathetic tbh

Very disappointed with iPhone 14 Pro Max! The picture quality lacks crispness, and it even appears to be somewhat distorted. I recall when the iPhone 11 came out I realized very soon after purchasing it that the picture quality was bad, and I quickly returned it. I then went back to my iPhone X. Apple was well aware of all of the issues with iPhone 11 so I assumed that they would never put out an inferior product again which led me to be more relaxed when I purchased it. Now, I have had it too long to return it, and I am disappointed to be stuck with a camera with poor picture quality.

Apple is in the slums with their photo quality. Every photo highlights every blemish. Google and Samsung phones 100% have much better quality photos. Do not switch to the 14 if you are hoping for even fair photos.

It’s a bug. Because the iPhone 14 pro now has a 48mp main camera, the developers now have to optimize the camera app to take full advantage of its capabilities, and also adjust the computer algorithm that automatically makes your photos look better than what they were shot at. Should be fixed by now.

I went from an iPhone 11 Pro Max to a 14 pro based alone on the camera hype. I have been sorry ever since. Gonna approach Verizon and see if I can trade my 14 in for an 11.

This is an iPhone 1 image.

Happening to me too. Bought this phone for a serious amount of money and the camera is not great! Uploading to 3rd party apps... awful. Images are sooooo pixilated and grainy, really really disappointing and when I speak to Apple they just act as if there is no issues. Either got the options of taking the phone back for a refund from where I bought it from or sticking it out I guess. They want to do Troubleshooting but it's just ticking the boxes on their side i'm sure.

I bought thinking it would be a great benefit as I try to shoot professional nailfie pics for instagram. I tried for months to get a better pic, tutorials etc... I would of returned it but had a auto accident and could not drive, so I am stuck, had to resort to buying a Samsung phone just for pictures. this is only for text and phone now.... what a waste of $1K plus.

I was thinking of trying the new 15, (trading in) but not interested in paying again for a useless camera on phone. Anyone find a resolution to this 14 pro-max disappointment yet?

I found that taking a screenshot of the camera app (power+vol up buttons) some times give more natural colors than taking the actual photo in the app. Essentially skipping all the terrible post processing and HDR steps. But you also lose the full resolution so maybe not very useful 😂 Can turn of the grid in the main camera settings.

I hate my iPhone 14 pro max, camera really bad, and get hot very quick, I went to stores after speaking with apple care, at store they said my phone is fine, my question is did you not see the picture quality?? He admitted it bad, but his said the test all good. Isn’t that mean this is the quality we payed is such. Bad customer service.

I just bought a new iphone 14 and the camera quality was worse than my mom's iphone 12! I've tried to clean it but nothing works. My camera only zooms up to 5x and my mom's zooms up to 10x! What the heck, my phone should be better!

SHAME on Apple for producing such a most inferior photo quality on their Pro 14 phones! I always notice that my friends take much better pictures with their much cheaper Samsung phones whenever we take pictures at the same location & same Lighting! SHAME on Apple! I want a Refund!!!